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34: 991: 1150: 691:. A number of ships of the MNF did not go through the Transition with the rest of the fleet; as of the end of the book, it is unclear which of these ships remained in the 21st century, which were destroyed by the Transition or immediately after, and which fell into enemy hands. More information about the fate of the missing ships is revealed in the sequel, 330:
and assume it is the Japanese fleet sent against Midway and they order their own ships to open fire. The multinational task force Combat Intelligence, referred to as CI, takes defensive action; the 21st-century fleet nearly wipes out the US fleet, including
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Surviving leaders aboard both 1940s American and 21st-century multinational ships manage to stop the battle after the presence of U.S. Navy ships among both fleets is recognized, and an uneasy truce is called as the two groups withdraw to
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and boards it. The Indonesian crew are taken captive, but the Japanese learn that the Americans already broke their codes prior to Midway and upon learning the navy's history after their defeat, prompting Yamamoto to withdraw back home.
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author, appears as "Commander Turtletaub", an aide to FDR. Turtledove has on occasion used the pseudonym 'H. N. Turteltaub'. References to Turtledove's
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s project director, Manning Pope, decides to make a trial run. The task force is constantly watched by a Caliphate spy on the mainland.
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from an Islamic government calling itself the Caliphate, which is slaughtering the
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Weapons of Choice (disambiguation)

John Birmingham
Axis of Time
Alternate history
Del Rey Books
2004
Paperback
ISBN
0-7329-1199-0
OCLC
62539678
Designated Targets
science fiction
Australian
John Birmingham
Axis of Time
alternative history
East Timor
multinational task force
Admiral Phillip Kolhammer
Indonesian islands
Chinese nationals
Chinese government
US government
aircraft carrier
US
British
French
Australian

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